Please note that the deadline for submission of documentation relating to the teaching element of Promotion applications is Friday 4th April 2014, directly to the Teaching Centre. If you would like to arrange an advisory meeting with Nick Allsopp, Head of Academic Practice, please e-mail Jo Wilkins – j.wilkins@lboro.ac.uk Further guidance on the Promotion processRead more
This academic year the Union and University have been working together in a close partnership to improve the Academic Experience. We have created a list of 10 Education Priorities that we have been working on together. I am excited to announce that there has been definite improvement and positive movements surrounding the 10 points. WeRead more
The Higher Education Academy has reminded us of two events they are running regarding change in learning and teaching: Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching The application deadline for Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching is Friday 14 February 2014. The programme starts Wednesday 5 March 2014. The Leadership Foundation and Higher Education Academy haveRead more
This week has seen Your Education Week across the campus, with various events and stalls asking students to comment on their education and what they would like improved across the institution. We have used the 10 Education Priorities as a basis for our questions during the week:- Over campus Programme Presidents and Programme Reps haveRead more
Venue: Rutland Building room 0:02 Date / time: 1 Nov 2013 14:00 – 15:00 Presenter: Ian Solomonides, Macquarie University, Sydney ‘She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but tooRead more
Hi, I’m Becky your new Vice President of Education at the Students’ Union. I would like to start by saying hello and welcome to the new year. I’d like to introduce you to a basic idea of what ‘Your Education’ is this year and how I will be working alongside the Union and the University to improve the student academic experience.Read more
Employability in Action is an initiative led by the Careers and Employability Centre to develop and promote employability and career planning skills within and alongside the academic curriculum. At the first event held on the 15th March 2013, academic staff and professional services staff came together: •To showcase some of the existing work that isRead more
If so, the 2013 HEA Social Sciences Annual Conference (23 May 2013 – 24 May 2013) may be of interest. The conference will be themed around the following areas: • Embedding research methods into the curriculum • Communicating quantitative methods • Teaching mixed methods • Assessment for learning in research methods • The useRead more
If so, the 2013 HEA Social Sciences Annual Conference (23 May 2013 – 24 May 2013) may be of interest. The conference will be themed around the following areas: • Embedding research methods into the curriculum • Communicating quantitative methods • Teaching mixed methods • Assessment for learning in research methods • The useRead more